Favorite Old Master Paintings From the Louvre Museum, Paris

168 Pages·1979·15.031 MB·English

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OLD MASTER PAINTINGS
Favorite from the
ISBN 0-89659-065-8
Favorite
OLD MASTER PAINTINGS
from the
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Amongthe great museumsofthe world, surely none
compares to the Louvre in Paris. The range of its vast
holdings and the quality of so many of its individual
masterpieces have made it synonymous with great
painting. Founded by King Francis I in the early six-
teenth century, the Louvre's collections originated at a
time when artists like Leonardo da Vinci could be
summonedtotheroyalcourttopaintsuch masterpieces
as the Mona Lisa forthe pleasure ofthe king. Through
the successive reignsofthe French monarchs, artistsof
the Renaissance, the Baroque, and the neoclassical
schools contributed their masterpieces to the royal col-
lections: Raphael, Titian, Veronese, Rubens, Rem-
brandt, and Poussin.
In this volume, the Louvre's most treasured master-
pieces are illustrated in full color, selected and de-
scribed by Michel Laclotte, ChiefCurator of Painting
at the Louvre and one of the world's foremost experts
in European art.
Among the selectionscan be found some ofthe most
famouspaintings in the world: Leonardo's Mona Lisa,
Millet's Gleaners, and Whistler's Portrait ofthe Ar-
tist's Mother. Included as well are some ofthe earliest
and most important examples ofRenaissance art exist-
ingoutside Italy: Cimabue'sSam/ Francis Altarpiece,
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Introduction and Commentaries by
MICHEL LACLOTTE
ChiefCurator Department ofPainting
LouvreMuseum, Paris
Additional Commentaries by
JEAN-PIERRE CUZIN
Curator Department ofPainting
Louvre Museum, Paris
ABBEVILLE PRESS, INC., PUBLISHERS • NEW YORK, N. Y
On the Jacket:
Portrait ofMona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
Title Page
Moneychanger and His Wife by Quentin Massys
All photographs furnished by the
Service de documentation photographique de la
Reunion des musees nationaux, Paris, France
Library ofCongress Catalog Number: 79-64988
ISBN 0-89659-065-8
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CONTENTS
CIMABUE ANNIBALE CARRACCI
Madonna andChild Enthronedwith Angels 12-13 Fishing 50-5
GIOTTO DI BONDONE MICHELANGELO CARAVAGGIO
5am/ Francis Altarpiece 14-15 The Death ofthe Virgin 52-53
ANTONIO PISANELLO FRANCESCO GUARDI
PortraitofGinevra d'Este 16-17 The Doge Returningfrom the Lido 54-55
FRA ANGELICO JAN VAN EYCK
Coronation ofthe Virgin 18-19 Madonna with Chancellor Rolin 56-57
PAOLO UCCELLO ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN
Battle ofSan Romano 20-2 Braque Triptych 58-59
ANDREA MANTEGNA GEERTGEN TOT SINT JANS
Crucifixion 22-23 The Raising ofLazarus 60-61
GIOVANNI BELLINI QUENTIN MASSYS
Christ Blessing 24-25 Moneychangerand His Wife 62-63
ANTONELLO DA MESSINA HIERONYMUS BOSCH
Portrait ofa Man 26-27 The Ship ofFools 64-65
SANDRO BOTTICELLI PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER
Venus and the Graces 28-29 The Cripples 66-67
LEONARDO DA VINCI PETER PAUL RUBENS
Portrait ofMono Lisa 30-3 Flemish Kermesse 68-69
LEONARDO DA VINCI PETER PAUL RUBENS
Virgin andChild with Saint Anne 32-33 The ArrivalofMarie de Medicis at Marseilles 70-7
RAPHAEL ANTHONY VAN DYCK
La BelleJardiniere 34-35 PortraitofCharles I 72-73
RAPHAEL JACOB JORDAENS
Portrait ofBaldassare Castiglione 36-37 The Four Evangelists 74-75
TITIAN FRANS HALS
Concert Champetre 38-39 La Bohemienne 76-77
TITIAN REMBRANDT VAN RUN
EntombmentofChrist 40-4 Bathsheha 78-79
CORREGGIO JACOB VAN RUISDAEL
Sleeping Venus 42-43 Le Coup de Soleil 80-8
ROSSO FIORENTINO JAN VERMEER
Pietd 44-45 The Lacemaker 82-83
PAOLO VERONESE PIETER DE HOOCH
The Marriage atCarta 46-47 The Drinker 84-85
JACOPO TINTORETTO MASTER OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW
Paradise 48-49 Descentfrom the Cross 86-87
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ALBRECHT DURER CLAUDE LORRAIN
Self-Portrait 88-89 Cleopatra Disembarking at Tarsus 24- 25
1 1
HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE
Portrait ofErasmus 90-9 Ex-Voto of1662 126-127
EL GRECO CHARLES LE BRUN
Crucifixion with Two Donors 92-93 ChancellorSeguier 128-129
FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN ANTOINE WATTEAU
Funeral ofSaint Bonaventure 94-95 Pilgrimage to the IslandofCythera 30- 3
1 1
JUSEPE RIBERA JEAN-BAPTISTE-SIMEON CHARDIN
The Adoration ofthe Shepherds 96-97 La Pourvoyeuse 32- 33
1 1
BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO FRANCOIS BOUCHER
The Young Beggar 98-99 Breakfast 34- 35
1 1
FRANCISCO DE GOYA JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD
PortraitofCondesa del Carpio 100-101 Bathers 36- 37
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THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
Portrait ofLady Alston 102-103 The Sabine Women 38- 39
1 1
JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER ANTOINE-JEAN GROS
Portrait ofthe Artist's Mother 104-105 Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Striken atJaffa ... 40- 4
1 1
JEAN MALOUEL THEODORE GERICAULT
Pietd 106-107 The Raft ofthe Medusa 42- 43
1 1
JEAN FOUQUET EUGENE DELACROIX
PortraitofCharles VII 108-109 July 28: Liberty Leading the People 144-145
ENGUERRAND OUARTON EUGENE DELACROIX
Pieta ofVilleneuve-les-Avignon 10- The Death ofSardanapalus 46- 47
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MASTER OF MOULINS JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE INGRES
Saint Mary Magdalen anda Female Donor 112-113 The Turkish Bath 148-149
FRANCOIS CLOUET GUSTAVE COURBET
Portrait ofPierre Quthe 114-115 The Painter's Studio 50- 5
1 1
GEORGES DE LA TOUR JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET
Le Tricheur 116-117 The Gleaners 152-153
ANTOINE AND LOUIS LE NAIN HONORE DAUMIER
Peasant Family 118-119 The Washerwoman 154- 155
NICOLAS POUSSIN JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT
The Poet's Inspiration 120- 12 1 InteriorofSens Cathedral 156- 157
NICOLAS POUSSIN
Autumn 122-123